Rush Review: Carolina 23 Chicago 13

The Carolina Panthers put together a fairly solid performance overall in their first preseason game to come away with a 23-13 road win against the Chicago Bears this past Thursday night at historic Soldier Field. By now you have read numerous articles giving their breakdown and analysis of everything that happened on the field. Here are the typical statistical numbers from the game by ESPN:

Matchup

1st Downs

18

13

Passing 1st downs

12

9

Rushing 1st downs

5

4

1st downs from penalties

1

0

3rd down efficiency

5-14

4-13

4th down efficiency

1-1

0-0

Total Plays

64

54

Total Yards

269

252

Total Drives

11

12

Yards per Play

4.2

4.7

Passing

173

170

Comp-Att

20-36

19-30

Yards per pass

4.4

4.9

Interceptions thrown

1

0

Sacks-Yards Lost

3-15

5-35

Rushing

96

82

Rushing Attempts

25

19

Yards per rush

3.8

4.3

Red Zone (Made-Att)

2-3

1-2

Penalties

4-31

8-58

Turnovers

2

0

Fumbles lost

1

0

Interceptions thrown

1

0

Defensive / Special Teams TDs

0

0

Possession

31:00

29:00

The 4 Man Rush is motivated to share detailed content that the national media does not put the effort into doing and sharing. With offensive coordinator Norv Turner calling offensive plays and head coach Ron Rivera calling defensive plays we wanted to track the number of different offensive personnel groupings along with the number of different defensive alignments. Here is the breakdown:

On the nickel defensive personnel LBs were used in a 3 point stance as the DEs on the line of scrimmage. Sometimes they would stand up and rush as well. This is the kind of detail we feel football fans should be aware of and have access too. We look forward to bringing you more similar content with every game.